The District - Episode Guide

Jack Mannion becomes the new chief of police in Washington, D.C., but he's met with hostility by Joe Noland, who feels more deserving of the promotion.

Mannion issues a mandate to get illegal guns off the streets and uncovers the surprising motive behind the murder of a well connected young man.

Mannion attempts to clean up the most crime infested block in D.C., while Temple is accused of pushing a drug dealer in front of a car and a woman claims to be Ricky's aunt, to Ella's shock.

Mannion angers veteran officers when he shifts their day shifts to evening in order to reduce crime. In the meantime, McGregor thinks the chief is investigating him and Ella is challenged for custody of Ricky.

The police are ordered by the FBI to participate in a rehearsal for a possible terrorist attack. In other events, a teen goes on a killing spree after escaping a detention facility, Ella fears losing Ricky in a custody hearing and Nick goes on a date with Helen.

Mannion disciplines several officers caught stealing on the job who are needed for riot control when Fidel Castro visits D.C. along with a Cuban general who killed exiles in a bombing. Meanwhile, Ella's custody case comes to an end.

Ricky's father goes on trial for killing the boy's mother, Temple tries to talk a victim into testifying against a serial rapist and Nick discovers shocking evidence against the mayor.

A criminal is stalking elderly people, emptying their bank accounts and murdering them. In other events, the mayor comes clean about his past and Ella isn't sure whether to accept a date offer.

Mannion goes after a dealer supplying drugs to rich executives, while his ex-wife shows up with some bad news.

Two groups of Santas fight over the best corners for charity. In the meantime, Mannion is threatened by an anonymous phone caller claiming to have been mistreated in the past, a truck of Christmas merchandise is stolen and a high-ranking senator is arrested for drinking and driving.

Temple isn't sure he can lead an investigation to catch a serial killer strangling prostitutes after seeing the victims' bodies. Meanwhile, Mannion is pressured to hire a politically correct candidate as district commander.

Mannion gets personally involved in the case of a missing husband, while McGregor threatens a former IRA gunman in D.C. for peace talks.

Mannion calls in an undercover cop to put a stop to the vigilante murders of child molesters, while Ella discovers that a neighbor is a former sex offender.

Mannion tries to reunite a boy with his imprisoned mother. In other events, McGregor attempts to protect a woman from her stalker, a female reporter follows Mannion to write his profile and Temple has doubts about his forthcoming wedding.

Mannion promises to give cabbies better protection when a cab driver shoots a passenger he thought tried to rob him. Meanwhile, a new U.S. Attorney proves to be controversial and McGregor is jealous of Nancy getting flowers from a secret admirer.

Mannion goes to New York for his ex-wife's wedding, while an ex-cop accuses Noland of covering up a case from 30 years ago involving a politician's son.

A Vietnamese businessman and former colonel is suspected of running a sex slave operation using kidnapped Asian girls, one of whom is found dead. In other events, Ricky won't tell Ella why he doesn't want to go to school and a confrontation ensues when McGregor is reluctant to acknowledge his relationship with Nancy.

Mannion attempts to take down the leader of a vicious gang who shot a rival and make a suspected arsonist confess to setting a fire in a nearby park. Meanwhile, Nick is robbed and assaulted in his home and 911 operators threaten to quit unless their demands are met.

Mannion discovers that his girlfriend is supplying his son with an illegal drug, while Nancy is forced to admit that she had a one night stand with a stranger after her gun is stolen.

When a white officer shoots a black undercover officer, Mannion deals with racial tension within the force.

While undercover in a fencing operation, Temple attempts to catch criminals on tape bringing in stolen property. In other events, Mannion helps a psychic find the President's runaway dog and Nick gets in trouble for using Mannion's name to keep an old firehouse from being torn down.

The FBI investigates Mannion after he makes contact with an old informant from the Russian mafia about a bank robbery where two ex-cops were killed. Meanwhile, Temple's fiancée is shot during an attack in the hospital and Ella discovers her cancer has returned.

The mayor suspends Mannion as the FBI continues to investigate the Chief's ties to Russian mafia. In the meantime, Temple comes back to work too early after his fiancée's murder -- endangering himself and several other officers -- and Ella goes through a mastectomy. 

Mannion and his team come under fire from the African-American community when an affluent white woman disappears at the same time as a black woman with a drug habit. Debreno is introduced as Temple's new partner, who is still recovering from the deaths of his fiancé and his ex-partner. Ella is back at work, still recovering from breast cancer. Nancy considers going back to the streets as she recovers from Danny's death. 

Mannion has to handle an international crisis after the son of the Colombian ambassador is discovered to be the primary dealer of the heaviest type of heroine yet. Threatened not to do anything about it, Mannion studies the international code for diplomatic immunity and plays around until he gets Eduardo kicked out of school and arrested. Meanwhile, Temple helps a heroin-addicted woman; Ella has problems with Ricky after he returns from summer camp; Jack Jr. goes to court for his drug problem; and Nancy finds Jack a new assistant.

Temple and Debreno are working on a carjacking followed by a murder case. Parras is suspicious when the victim's fiance cries, but no tears come from her eyes. The case is only solved with the help of a schizophrenic homeless man with multiple identities, who saw the suspect with another man just before the shooting. Temple and Debreno are not getting along, and Mannion has to interfere before Temple (who's much more religious since his fiancee's death, which annoys Debreno) tries to quit. Ella has to handle a strike/budget crisis. Parras is back on the streets, and her partner takes it hard when another black man insults him. A snake is left loose around the office.

After a woman is stabbed to death outside her apartment building, and no witnesses are willing to speak to the police, Mannion moves in, hoping to gain the residents' trust. The housing project has been a dangerous place to live for a long time, and the residents are wary of the police, who never seem to be there when they need them. Now, Mannion must convince them that this is not a media stunt - he honestly wants to make their lives safer - and that they need to speak up before the killer strikes again.

A construction worker finds the skeleton of a dead boy. He was Noland's last case before being promoted - a case that was never solved. Now Noland devotes all his efforts to putting an end to this crime. They finally arrest the boy's mother, who also killed another son of hers. Meanwhile, Mannion tries to change the child abuse scenario in the city. Nick negotiates a possible candidature of Mannion's for the upcoming mayor election. Ella has to fire an old employee but manages to keep him. Parras has trouble dealing with an abusive father that reminds her of her own father until proven that this father never touched his problematic 14-year-old son.

A seven year old boy shoots two of his fellow students with a gun that was confiscated in a buy back program. Meanwhile, Temple thinks a friend might be on drugs again and a woman puts a curse on Mannion for arresting her husband.

After Nancy discovers a murdered homeless man, Mannion notices that the body has a distinct military tattoo. He identifies the man as a former Marine believed to have been held prisoner in a Vietnamese camp. They soon learn that the victim may have been one of many POWs returned to the United States in the 1980s after the government stated that there were no prisoners left in Vietnam. As Mannion delves further into the case, he must battle the demons that continue to haunt him from his time in Vietnam. 

Mannion goes after a ring of thieves who steal expensive purses and sell them on the black market after a woman is killed in one of their attacks. The chief must also deal with an ex-girlfriend who claims partial ownership of his boat.

A woman claims to have been raped by a police officer who pulled her over for a traffic violation. While searching for the bad cop, Mannion is visited by his daughter, who has news about her future.

When police officer Robert Turner woke up one Thursday morning, he thought it would be just a normal day on the force. However, when a car plunged off a bridge into a river, Turner lost his life rescuing the family inside. Now, Mannion and his team reflect on the life and death of one of their own.

A Russian woman claims that Mannion's nemesis, Dimitri Putin, is trying to kill her and that Putin ordered her husband to murder McGregor. She also claims there's a hidden recording of Putin giving the order to kill the chief, so Mannion races to find the evidence, only to come face to face with his enemy.

After the vandalization of a mosque, Mannion questions the mosque president, who reveals that the mosque has been receiving threats. Meanwhile, Temple and Debreno investigate two other hate crimes - both with similar scenarios - involving a rabbi and an African-American, respectively. Now, before racial and ethnic tensions escalate, Mannion and his team must get to the bottom of these crimes - unaware that the perpetrator is the last person they would suspect. 

Page and Debreno investigate the murder of a reporter discovered in an abandoned building. Evidence points them to a man who uses a wheelchair and claims the victim was already dead when he found her. Mannion goes to NY for his daughter's graduation from the police academy and has difficulty saying goodbye to Sherri. Ella goes to Ricky's school to check why he has problems with his new teacher and finds out she looks just like his late mother. Meanwhile, Parras meets a charming man in a cab and thinks he might be "the one," while Brander confesses his love for her.
 

A teacher, protesting the Board of Education's inattention to her cries, takes the board hostage at gunpoint, and Mannion must diffuse the situation. Frustrated by getting the run-around from the board and environmental agencies, she gives Mannion 12 hours to find answers to the teacher's and students' health problems before she opens fire. Mannion and his team must uncover a complex environmental cover-up while keeping the board and the teacher alive. Meanwhile, Ella asks Clive, the new man she is seeing and a lobbyist for the chemical industry, to look into the case from his end.

Mannion faces Putin once again, and the stakes are even higher when Putin resurfaces and kidnaps Mannion's daughter! Mannion's initial theory is that Putin wants to trade one daughter for another. But everything changes when the CIA informs Mannion that Putin's daughter, Erin, has disappeared from the Witness Protection Program. Mannion finally finds his dazed and confused daughter, Beth; however, things get more complex when the police find a dead woman, believed to be Erin, in Beth's car trunk. When Beth is arrested for murder, Mannion must prove that his daughter was framed. The only person who can help him is Putin. Also, Mannion and Parras remember Mcgregor one year after his death.

Mannion's friend and restaurateur Teddy Reed is the only witness to a Congressman's murder, and Mannion suspects she's lying about the whole situation. Meanwhile, the city erects a statue depicting a heroic act by three police officers, including Cutter. But many are infuriated when Cutter's figure is altered to represent someone of a different race.

Mannion investigates the theft of a $2 million Picasso painting from a local museum. In other events, Clive tells Ella a secret when she suspects her cancer is back and Nancy learns her mother is getting divorced.

Mannion is pressured to reinstate a politically connected police commander he just demoted for his poor job performance, while Nancy is faced with possible discipline for injuring a suspect with her nightstick.

Mannion asks Agency director Tom Gage for information about the murder of a CIA agent who was working undercover, then questions Lisa Fabrizzi, who was the last person to see the victim alive.

Mannion tries to stop the execution of a man falsely accused of murder when a priest receives an anonymous letter revealing the whereabouts of the murder weapon. In the meantime, Ella struggles with whether to let Ricky visit his father in prison.

Debreno's past is used against him by a defense attorney bent on discrediting him in a case involving a diplomat's son arrested for dealing drugs.

Mannion attempts to stop a gang war and ensure the release of two officers held captive by one of the gangs. In other events, Temple suffers the effects of smoking crack while undercover as a drug dealer and Ella receives a marriage proposal.

An aggressive U.S. attorney general pressures Noland to solve Mannion's disappearance after the chief is shot on his boat and falls overboard into the Potomac River. Little does everyone realize is that Mannion is in hiding to find out who's behind the shooting.

Still presumed dead, Mannion heads to Paris to follow the Government official he suspects is responsible for the attempt on his life. Meanwhile, back in D.C., Temple is pulled over for speeding and an officer finds cocaine in his car, but Temple swears the drugs are evidence he collected at a crime scene and forgot to turn in.

Mannion fights for legislation against child pornography when an eleven year old girl whose picture was on a porn site is found dead. He also butts heads with a civil rights attorney on a case where a cop is charged with using excessive force.

Mannion investigates a series of robberies where pharmaceuticals, most of them for AIDS, are stolen. In other events, Temple worries about taking a random drug test since he failed to report using cocaine while undercover and Debreno is won by a mayoral candidate in a charity bachelor auction.

Debreno's priest brother is shot by a sniper while performing a funeral service and the investigation leads to a lawsuit against another priest charged with sexual misconduct. Meanwhile, Nancy becomes obsessed with learning the identity of a young woman whose body she discovered.

Mannion gets another chance to capture a contract killer who eluded him 25 years ago when the chief learns the hitman is in D.C. In other events, Nancy gets hurt while pursuing a purse snatcher and receives more bad news in the hospital, Kendall has to apologize for allowing her picture to be taken with a mayoral candidate who's critical of the police department and Ella begins to question whether she should get married.

Noland shoots a college student he thought was going to rob a convenience store, but the investigation fails to turn up a weapon. To make things worse, Internal Affairs demands that Noland be suspended and the student's wealthy parents threaten to press charges.

A reporter accuses Mannion of committing a war crime in Vietnam 32 years ago by ordering 18 innocent civilians to be killed, and one of the chief's fellow soldiers confirms the story. Also, Temple and Debreno search for a  fifteen year old boy they suspect is planning a murder for his gang initiation.

A boxing champion's wife is found murdered in her hotel room and Temple comes under suspicion due to a past relationship with the victim, who had been abused by her husband. In the meantime, a custodial worker is discovered to have a fake identity.

On Christmas, Temple and Debreno look for three men disguised as elves who stole a mission full of donations to help feed 2,000 homeless people, Mannion dresses as Santa and promises an eight year old boy that he'll bring his mother home from prison and Nancy and Brander find a baby in a manger scene.

Mannion comforts a friend dying of AIDS. In other events, $500,000 worth of cocaine disappears from the evidence warehouse, Ella is sued by a man after saving him from a near fatal fall and Temple isn't sure what to do when a woman in the gun lab comes onto him.

A law student attempts to commit the perfect crime by killing a stranger, confessing to the murder and recanting the confession. Meanwhile, Nancy tries to figure out the identity of a dead girl found in an alley and Kendall tries to end her relationship with a married man.

Police headquarters is quarantined when a man in custody appears to have an unknown infectious virus.

While in L.A., Mannion unexpectedly meets up with Vanessa Cavanaugh and offers her a ride. Unfortunately, the pair find themselves stranded in a deserted part of town after their rental gets carjacked. Back in Washington, Deputy Mayor Lockhart asks Debreno to help her find a blackmailer who has a scandalous videotape that could destroy her career; Kendall is threatened by her ex-boyfriend; and the mayor offers Ella a job.

Debreno is assigned to protect a popular singer set to perform at the Kennedy Center Honors who's received a death threat. In other events, Mannion becomes a uniformed cop in order to lead by example and Clive argues with Ella over her turning down a job in the mayor's office without having a discussion first.

Mannion's old partner arrives from New York and gets involved in a murder investigation. In the meantime, a woman scheduled to testify in a fatal shooting case in Chicago talks Debreno and Nancy into letting her visit her daughter first and Ella believes that an officer being hailed as a hero for rescuing a woman from a building burning isn't telling the whole truth.

Mannion takes on a powerful city commissioner he believes is partially to blame for the cutbacks that have forced the chief to lay off officers. The move makes the mayor so upset he looks for an excuse to fire Mannion. Meanwhile, a congressional witness in a fraud trial claims that important documents were stolen from his hotel room and Nancy and Brander get hurt in an accident while pursuing a suspect.

Mannion trails a killer targeting interracial couples, one of whom is a black councilman married to a white woman. Back at the office, Ella finds evidence that implies an officer up for a commendation could be an arsonist. In the meantime, Nancy arrests her father for soliciting a prostitute and Temple helps a junkie kick his drug habit.
 

The mayor is more determined to have Mannion fired when a man is arrested and allegedly dies in custody because of an officer's failure to follow procedures. Things get even more intense when the mayor's mentally disturbed son disappears after two cops take him to a hospital.

The mayor blames Mannion for riots in the streets when the chief refuses to fire an officer accused of police brutality. In other events, a friend and informant of Temple's is injured during a drug deal and Ella's husband gives Mannion some alarming news.

Mannion copes with Ella's death from a stroke, but it could bring hope to a boy waiting for a heart transplant. In the meantime, Mannion helps Clive look for Ricky and Temple and Debreno search for the man who shot one of their informants.

A moving tribute to Lynne Thigpen who died shortly before this episode. 

Mannion goes west to take some rest from Ella's death and his recent dismissal. During a game of golf in Arizona, he finds a severed human finger on the course and brings it to a local sheriff, beginning an investigation that leads them to a Mexican drug lord and dirty cops. Meanwhile, back in D.C., Mannion's ex-wife Sherry meets Vanessa when she arrives at headquarters looking for him.

Mannion returns to Washington, D.C. to get his job back and moves into a building slated for demolition; Mannion works outside the system to clear Temple of a murder charge.

Mannion sees a chance to get his job back when the new police chief orders a drug raid that results in the death of an elderly woman.

An ex-convict is a suspect when his girlfriend is discovered to have fallen to her death from a third story apartment window; Mannion tries to talk to Sherry into working for him and Temple sets a trap for a pair of police officers he suspects of using excessive force on suspects.

The team searches the world of online chat rooms for Noland's niece when an Internet predator convinces her to run away from home. Meanwhile, Temple is picked on by fellow officers for his part in bringing down a pair of violent cops.

A community creates its own underground form of street justice after getting fed up with the judicial system; Mannion tracks down the person who received Ella's heart; Temple hires a lawyer to defend him in a wrongful death suit and Nancy and Brander prepare for a test to become detectives.

Mannion and the team reopen a seventeen year old cold case due to finding a young woman murdered in the streets of D.C. It is strikingly similar to those committed by the serial killer "Jupiter," who was never caught and may have re-emerged.

When a man is murdered during a Civil War re-enactment, Mannion discovers an ancient resentment might have played a part in the crime. Meanwhile, Vanessa confronts Sherry after one of her clients is wounded in a botched sting operation and Noland uncovers surprising news while tracing his ancestry.

Ricky and a friend end up in the hospital after they collapse during a birthday party. It seems the children accidentally ingested drugs, so Mannion tracks down the culprits; Clive and Ella's sister fight over Ricky's custody; The ongoing Lester Richards case shakes up Debreno and Temple's friendship; Brander and Cutter track down an ATM thief.

Mannion sees a vision of the Virgin Mary on the window of his apartment building before money from a 46 year old robbery falls from the sky. He soon realizes that a modern day Robin Hood is at work when thousands of dollars worth of clothes also come tumbling down. Meanwhile, Temple's wrongful death case goes to trial.

Mannion must determine if the teenage boy who received Ella's heart is guilty of a gas station robbery that ended in the attendant's death. Temple's day turns very sour when the mayor decides not to pick up the court fees after the Lester Richards case. Meanwhile, Nancy and her mom are attacked by carjackers, or are they?

A lawyer and his wife are killed in their home; the only witness is their autistic daughter. Mannion calls on former F.B.I. hostage negotiator Tommy Morgan to try and get through to the girl and discover the killer's identity.

A car hits an officer during a traffic stop, and Mannion suspects his partner did not attempt mouth to mouth resuscitation because the downed officer is gay. The car in connection with the hit and run is traced to students performing lewd sexual acts without their victims' knowledge, then posting the videos on the internet.

Mannion probes the apparent suicide by hanging of a congressional lobbyist who was about to reveal the names of top officials involved in the exchange of sexual favors for votes. The case gets personal for Mannion when he discovers that the woman's ghost writer is a disgraced journalist who was once engaged to the chief's daughter. Also, a school teacher fights for health care reforms for students and families.

A woman in the Witness Protection Program is killed in a hit and run accident, leaving Mannion to wonder if she was murdered. He also gets a sandwich named after him at a restaurant, but several people get sick from eating it. Meanwhile, Temple works after hours as a security guard and prepares for an ambassador's reception.

An old man is killed while visiting the Korean War memorial. Jack Mannion's team discover that he was living under an assumed identity and was actually Ella Farmer's uncle, who was a suspect in a 1940s murder case. The team try to solve both cases to find the truth. Meanwhile, Mannion refuses to let Sherry move into Ella's old office.

Mannion believes his fencing instructor's claim that she killed her husband in self-defense, while Debreno discovers that an old friend who apparently died in an accident five years ago could still be alive and on the streets.

A little girl is kidnapped, and in tracking down suspects Manion's ex-wife Sherry gets seriously wounded in a gun battle with one of the suspects. As the crisis unfolds, Manion begins to suspect that the little girl's family might not be telling their full story.

Mannion flies to Iowa when a warrant for his arrest is issued for failure to pay a fine and he gets involved in a murder case where a newlywed is accused of killing her husband on their honeymoon, the woman being an ex-girlfriend of Brander's. Meanwhile, back in D.C., Temple's investigation of an armored truck robbery is complicated by his feelings for the woman in charge of security.

A woman shoots a doctor at point blank range, claiming he quickened her mother's death after being named sole beneficiary in her will. In other events, Nancy's ill father asks her to help end his life when he's unable to take care of himself and Mannion gets obsessed with figuring out who keeps leaving notes in a suggestion box criticizing his wardrobe.

Mannion investigates a gang shooting outside a church and Gwen suspects that one of the boys may be the son who was taken away from her.

Noland is shot by a gang member in apparent retaliation for Mannion's takedown of an area gang. After getting a look at the shooter, Mannion believes it's Tico, Maria's brother, leading her to clash with Debreno.

Manion struggles to ready himself for his daughter's wedding and to get to the church on time. Debreno and Temple work separate cases involving two murdered women, which Brander manages to provide the key lead to solve the case. In appreciation, he is promoted to detective.